This is not the date I wanted.

After saying that, Meng Yue took a running start and jumped down from the airship.

——Divine Power Spiritual Outfit. Second Part (Yod).

Summoning her spiritual outfit in mid-air, Meng Yue manipulated her spiritual power to reduce her descending momentum and landed lightly in the area covered by flames.

"So hot……"

As soon as she landed on the ground, Meng Yue felt a high temperature enveloping her whole body. Although she had opened the spiritual power shield to isolate the flames, she still felt like she was in a sauna; even the air she breathed was hot.

"Dawn Sage, what's the temperature outside?"

[Report - The ambient temperature is about 2500 degrees Celsius, and the temperature near the target is as high as 4000 degrees Celsius. ]

"I go……"

Although she was mentally prepared to a certain extent, Meng Yue still felt her eyes twitching when she heard the report from the Sage of Dawn.

"You're really firing on all cylinders, Kotori-chan. It looks like the Railgun won't work."

Meng Yue sighed helplessly. In such an extremely high temperature, the range of the electromagnetic gun would undoubtedly be greatly shortened. I am afraid that after the launch, the metal would melt within three meters of him.

His gaze turned to Kotori, who was now about fifty meters away from Mengyue with her back to her, and seemed unaware of Mengyue's presence.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, Mengyue frowned in confusion. For some reason, Qinli's figure seemed a little blurry, and his height and width were a little erratic.

"Could it be... 'The Whispering Chapter'?"

A black leather book appeared in front of Meng Yue, and Meng Yue closed her eyes. While using the feedback of electromagnetic waves to detect the surrounding space structure, she used the "Whispering Chapter" to determine Qin Li's location information.

The result was just as Meng Yue had expected. Contrary to the visual perception, the actual distance between Kotori and herself was a full kilometer away, and the surrounding terrain structure was completely different from what she saw.

"It really was a mirage. What a close call. It was a wise decision not to rush in rashly."

Wiping the sweat off her forehead, Meng Yue couldn't help but feel relieved. Due to the uneven distribution of high temperatures, the air density in this area is different, which in turn causes the propagation of light to become chaotic, creating an illusion similar to a mirage.

Although I don't know whether the other party will also be affected by vision. But it is conceivable that if Meng Yue did not collect intelligence first when landing but attacked directly, this extremely unfavorable environmental condition would cause her a lot of suffering.

“This is the last thing to confirm.”

As he spoke, Meng Yue fixed his gaze on the black flames burning at his feet.

Unlike natural flames, even if the burning plants or animals are completely carbonized, the intensity of the black flames shows no signs of diminishing and continues to burn fiercely.

"It is a flame that burns everything but never goes out... Is this the reversal..."

Thinking back to the time when Kotori had saved Shidou countless times—the pure white healing flame, Meng Yue couldn't help but feel a little complicated.

"Alright. We've almost gathered enough information, time to say hello to Kotori-chan."

After taking a deep breath and adjusting her mood, Meng Yue did some simple body exercises. Then she took a running start and kicked a three-meter-high boulder in front of her like a football.

The huge rock drew a high parabola in the air and fell accurately towards Qinli's head.

Just when the boulder was about to hit her head, "Kotori" finally reacted.

"————————————!"

Suddenly, the surging black flames condensed in Kotori's hands and turned into a huge black axe, which slashed towards the boulder.

The next second, the boulder was split into two and fell on both sides of Qinli, but the cross-section of the stone did not have the cracks of being split by the giant axe. Instead, it emitted a hot red light, as if it was a smooth surface paved with mud.

(It seems that if I get hit by that demon king, there will be no hope.)

Meng Yue thought helplessly in her heart. On the surface, she was unmoved, but instead hooked her finger at "Qin Li" provocatively and said with a smile.

"Then, let's do as Kotori-chan says. Let's start our date (date/war)!"

07 Fire Fighting (Part )

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“——.”

After noticing the existence of Liang Yi Meng Yue, "Kotori" let out an incomprehensible roar, and the giant axe in her hand transformed into a large-caliber cannon, with the surrounding flames constantly filling up the interior.

After a few seconds of charging, terrifying spiritual power gushed out from the muzzle and turned into a deep red beam of light, which dug at the earth while approaching Mengyue.

Of course, such an attack could not hurt Meng Yue. Even without future prediction, the obvious preparatory action of "Qin Li" was enough for Meng Yue to understand the opponent's intention. The moment the opponent attacked, she had already moved out of the destructive range of the bombardment.

I saw a scorching beam of light whizzing past Mengyue a hundred meters away, just like the cationic city-breaking cannon in the previous animation, leaving a two-kilometer-long red gully made of molten magma on the ground.

"Use long-range weapons to launch an attack. It seems that Kotori-chan also has a way to lock my position without relying on vision."

Meng Yue calmly analyzed the movements of "Kotori" while observing her. Although she had guessed that the other party had no way of observing the environment with her vision when she knew that the other party was covered in flames, "Kotori's" first-hand experience made her guess become certain.

"Ok?"

Meng Yue couldn't help but frown. She found that the flames around Qin Li were gathering towards the muzzle again, preparing to release the second round of artillery fire.

"Again?"

Meng Yue felt a little surprised. Although the bombardment just now was powerful, it would be meaningless if it couldn't hit. With Kotori's obvious movements and crude aiming, it was 100% impossible to hit Meng Yue.

"..."

Although she was puzzled, Mengyue did not let her guard down. She kept an eye on her surroundings while waiting for the second shell from "Kotori".

--boom!

Soon, the second artillery attack came, and the horrific destructive power added another hideous scratch to the earth, but just like last time, Mengyue moved at the same time of the artillery attack and did not suffer any harm.

"The attack did not change direction, and there was no reaction from any third party's spiritual waves around... I see, this is the reversal."

Meng Yue sighed once again in a sad tone.

Unlike Tohka, Kotori's reversal is similar to that of Origami Nia, completely losing her mind and attacking based on her instinctive destructive impulse. Otherwise, Kotori would not have stubbornly relied on this long-range attack that consumed a lot of spiritual energy, but would have used melee or other methods to attack her.

As if to prove Meng Yue's guess, the demon king in "Kotori"'s hand began to gather spiritual power again, preparing for the third bombardment.

"……it's over."

Meng Yue declared calmly.

After the reversal, although the destructive power and aggressiveness of the elves will increase significantly, the spiritual power reserves of the spirit crystal will not change much, but after a powerful bombardment like the third one, the spiritual power is probably consumed by more than half.

If Meng Yue was sealed, she might still be in danger of losing, but with the support of two spirit crystals, killing this irrational elf was a piece of cake.

Of course, the goal of this mission is not to kill, but to rescue Kotori.

"Mari, ten seconds after Kotori-chan launches her attack, 'throw ice' at the designated location, and I will take her out of the fire."

[Are you sure, Mengyue? According to calculations, after the third spiritual energy cannon, Qinli will still have about 30% of her spiritual energy left, so she is not completely incapable of fighting.]

Meng Yue silently shook her head at Ju Ya's suggestion.

"No, now is the best time. If we consume too much spiritual energy, Kotori-chan might just flee back to the neighboring world and return to the present world after she recovers. We can't give her a chance to adapt and escape. If she does, we'll completely corner her."

【……I see. 】

At this moment, the third shell was fired from Kotori's cannon, and the huge beam of light kept approaching, trying to burn Liang Yi Meng Yue to ashes.

【ten……】

At the moment when Ju Ya was counting down, Meng Yue's tightly closed pupils suddenly opened wide, and blue and white lightning flashed all over her body.

【Nine……】

There was a flash of light, and Liang Yi Meng Yue's figure suddenly disappeared from the spot.

[Eight... Seven...]

Passing by the scorching artillery, a flash of lightning passed by, crossing a distance of one kilometer at a speed far exceeding that of sound, and appeared in front of "Kotori".

【six……】

“——————!!”

Although she had lost her mind, Kotori's instinct still led her to react to the enemy's approach. The Demon King in her hand changed from a turret back into a giant black axe, and she raised her hands high, chopped it down heavily against the wind pressure.

【five……】

Accompanied by a heavy bang, the ground in front of "Kotori" began to crack on a large scale and then collapsed into a huge pit.

However, there was no feeling of the demon in her hand hitting the enemy, only a piece of black windbreaker cloth was burned to ashes by the black flames in front of her.

【Four……】

"Too slow! Kotori-chan doesn't practice enough!"

Quietly appearing beside Kotori, Mengyue knocked down the demon king held by "Kotori" with one hand, and reached into the black flames with the other hand.

"Well--"

Enduring the pain of being burned by the flames, Meng Yue pressed her abdomen, transformed the spiritual power in her body into a huge shock wave, and forcefully pushed "Kotori" hundreds of meters into the air.

【Three... Two...】

"The commander has left the flame area!"

"The hatch has been activated and can be opened at any time!"

【one! 】

"Now! Throw ice!"

Along with the sound in the command room, the armor on the belly of the aerial ship soon opened, and a heavy object suddenly fell to the ground under the force of gravity.

It was a block of ice about one thousand cubic meters in size, emitting a bone-chilling cold.

This is no ordinary ice, but ice created by the Demon King that was taken down from an ice-covered city by Fraxinus's crew.

"——————!?"

Noticing the ice falling from the sky, Kotori felt an unprecedented crisis.

Her flame is a foreign object that does not exist in nature. Even if it is washed away by heavy rain, thrown into the South Pole, or thrown into the depths of the sea, as long as the spiritual power is not exhausted, the flame can continue to burn.

However, if she came into contact with the ice, the flames covering her entire body would be extinguished.

"Kotori" hurriedly stabilized her body in the air and flew, trying to avoid the fallen ice.

However, as if she had anticipated her action, Meng Yue stopped her in front.

"Don't try to escape!"

He kicked "Kotori" mercilessly, forcing her body to draw a parabola in the air and come into contact with the ice falling from the sky.

hiss----------------!

In an instant, the white mist spread out like an explosion. The ice that froze everything turned into water vapor and spread out after encountering the black flame that burned everything.

[Report, Qin Li's spiritual power reaction was detected, and the spiritual power fluctuations were extremely weak. ]

[Constraint begins. The 11th and 12th World Tree leaves are ejected, and the attribute of the random domain is set to gravity constraint.]

The huge fog naturally could not block the vision of the artificial intelligence. Two leaves of the World Tree rushed into the white fog and restrained Kotori who was in a weakened state.

"Firefighting operation... Phase 2 completed."

Meng Yue said slowly.

Soon, the mist in the air gradually dissipated, and what appeared in front of Meng Yue was the appearance of Gokawa Kotori after the monster-like flame coat was removed.

A petite girl with long fiery red hair and wearing a gray-black feathered robe.

She was neither as graceful as a fairy nor as strong as Meng Yue had imagined. The girl, now restrained by the leaves of the World Tree, was like a drowned rat, her entire body soaked in water vapor, making her feel extremely miserable.

"…Long time no see, Kotori-chan."

With a trace of nostalgia and guilt, Meng Yue greeted Qin Li, even though she knew that the other party would not reply to her.

"—!!"

After seeing Mengyue, Qinli seemed to be enraged. She kept struggling and twisting her body, trying to break free from the restraints of the "Leaves of the World Tree".

[Oh no, Qin Li's spiritual power fluctuations are starting to get stronger again! ]

【Mengyue, hurry up! 】

The anxious voices of Mariya and Maruna were heard from the airship above.

The ice just now was only a small part of Yoshino's power, and it was not enough to extinguish Qin Li's flames. If she was thrown directly into the sea of ​​fire, she would probably be evaporated in less than a second.

So Meng Yue acted as bait and consumed Qin Li's spiritual energy, separating her from the Demon King and the area of ​​fire. Only then did she extinguish the flames covering her spiritual outfit, causing her to temporarily enter a weakened state.